After Xiao Guifei hesitated, she decided to continue to hide it.

Anyway, the third prince is still grounded now, even if she tells him about it, what good can it do? It's just that one more person is worried and anxious. On the contrary, if her son is not there, she can send her son's manpower to deal with the aftermath and extinguish the mouth that should be extinguished, so naturally no one will find out about her.

As long as the Cao family did not betray her, no one would have thought that she had provided Queen Cao with the news of her own sister, so that the Cao family successfully sent someone to attack the Xiao family's property, leaving her sister with two lives. And will the Cao family betray her? No way! Even if the emperor had long suspected that Empress Cao had sent someone to attack Xiao Mingzhu, as long as the Cao family did not admit it for a day, he would not be able to condemn him. It's too late for the Cao family to please the emperor now, how can they take the initiative to confess the evil things they did back then?!

Taking advantage of the fact that the third prince was grounded by the emperor, Xiao Guifei decided to stop all plans against the Cao family, and only secretly monitored and provoked. Anyway, with Lin Zhaoyi, the second prince and the Lin family in front, she doesn't need to do it herself, she can also sit on the mountain and watch the tiger's head.

Xiao Guifei's instructions were secretly passed out of the palace one by one, and the Zhuangzi of the Three Princes, which was specially used to house secret people, was emptied within a day, leaving only a few ordinary people who didn't know the inside story to cover up. As a precaution, she also sent a henchman to lead the gang to move, and once she saw that something was wrong, she could kill her at any time. It took a lot of effort for the son to recruit these people, and it was a pity to abolish them. But the manpower can be recruited again, but the Holy Favor cannot be lost in any way.

It's a pity that Xu Laishun and others were not imprisoned in Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, or any official prison in Yingtianfu. Lianzhu inquired around, but he couldn't get the point, and after being scolded by Xiao Guifei, he shrank up. She moved out of her original residence, no longer went to any official's house, tried her best to draw a clear line with Xu Laishun, and honestly shrank up, waiting for the limelight to pass.

The emperor has a group of henchmen, but these people are not easy for her to come into contact with as a former palace person. If Concubine Xiao wants to find out something, she can only find a way from the palace by herself, and Lianzhu can't count on it.

And Concubine Xiao Guifei couldn't figure out a way from the palace. As soon as she showed signs of wanting to investigate the movements of the emperor's henchmen, she would immediately invite a thunderstorm. Recently, she was angry with the king because of her son, and she seemed to have been treated coldly, and she went to see her several times, but she didn't get the emperor's permission to come forward, and she was also ridiculed by Lin Zhaoyi and Qiao Meiren for this. She knew that the emperor was still angry with the third prince, and in a short period of time, she should not do anything to displease him.

Everything that needs to be done has been done, and next, in addition to finding a way to help her son get rid of the grounding again, it seems that she only has the important task of comforting her mother's relatives to be busy. She summoned her sister-in-law Lu again, hoping to know her brother's recent movements from the Lu family, as well as her brother's and sister-in-law's views on the marriage between the third prince and Xiao Lin.

The Lu clan didn't really want to enter the palace. Now it seems that everyone in the capital is staring at her, wondering what she will say to Concubine Xiao after entering the palace. Concubine Xiao lives in the palace, she may not know how ugly the rumors outside are, even if someone in the palace talks about it, it may not necessarily spread to Concubine Xiao Guifei without eyes.

Empress Cao and Lin Zhaoyi have been busy fighting each other recently, Qiao Meiren began to worry about her new clothes and new jewelry this winter, and happily told the people around her that King Yan was gone, and she finally didn't have to worry about her prince being passed out - they didn't have time to discuss the rumors outside the palace with Concubine Xiao for the time being. Anyway, the third prince had already angered the king and was ordered to be grounded, which in the eyes of his two brothers was almost equivalent to defeat. What do they have to do with a loser? When you have time and energy, of course, you can focus on your competitors who haven't failed yet.

Therefore, Concubine Xiao may not have a very clear understanding of the rumors outside the palace, but the Lu family can't treat those gossips as non-existent. She really hopes that her beloved daughter can become a country, but if the third prince loses his holy favor and his future is uncertain, why is there any need for her family to follow him to take risks? The daughter Hengzhu can't be the concubine of the third prince, even if she wants to fight the idea of the step-concubine, she will have to wait for a few years. How can the youth of the daughter's family wait? After repeated persuasion from Xiao Cong, the eldest son of the most valued concubine, the Lu family has been shaken. She is no longer obsessed with marrying her daughter to the third prince.

It's just that of course the words can't be said directly, the Lu family still knows a little bit about his sister-in-law's temper, so he adopted a more euphemistic statement: "The emperor has said so, if we mention the marriage between Lin'er and the Third Highness, wouldn't it be too shameless?" Even if our family doesn't have a face, His Royal Highness still has to take care of his own reputation! The general mentioned it several times and wanted to tell Lin'er another family matter. I was afraid that he would have a bullish temper, so I casually set it for Lin'er, so I responded falsely and said that the marriage of children should not be rash, and I need to choose carefully and drag him first. Anyway, there are many people in Beijing, and they are carefully picky one by one, and they can always find mistakes. If it goes well, if it drags on for a year and a half, there may be a turnaround. It's just that if you push it back, I'm afraid it's going to be difficult, and you have to ask the mother to find a way. The most important thing is that if the emperor makes a will and has to give marriage, our family can't shirk it no matter what, what will we do at that time?! ”

That's a problem.

Concubine Xiao frowned, thought for a while, and said, "I will find a way in the palace, if it really doesn't work...... Just pick a man for Lin'er who is not in good health, and think of postponing the marriage, if it can be delayed until that person dies, it will be a hundred, and Lin'er will still be able to remarry others in the future. It's just that this candidate needs to be considered again, and my sister-in-law will find a way to inquire. ”

Lu Shi looked stunned.

If Xiao Lin really got married to someone else, but the other party died before she got married, wouldn't Xiao Lin have to bear the reputation of "Kefu"?! Even if you can remarry someone else, who can you marry? At least...... When you want to ask for the position of the main palace, you will inevitably be picked. What's more, who is willing to give their girls a reputation as widows for no reason? Her Lin'er can obviously talk about a prominent family affair. If it weren't for the repeated persuasion of Concubine Xiao and the third prince, their mother and daughter would never have had any delusions......

Lu Shi tried to maintain the expression on his face, and responded with a dry smile: "Yes, the courtiers will inquire when they leave the palace." "It's just an inquiry!

Xiao Guifei asked about Xiao Mingde again, and intentionally or unintentionally inquired about Xiao Rui's life experience: "How did I hear that Brother Rui'er's background is a little wrong?" He actually followed His Royal Highness King Yan back to Beiping! Before leaving Beijing, King Yan also led him to kowtow to the Queen Mother. What's going on? I wanted to inquire in the palace, but everyone who knew it kept their mouths shut, and even the people in Cining Palace were reluctant to speak...... "The emperor refuses to see her, and the people around the emperor don't buy her account."

The Lu family knew the "truth" about this, hesitated for a moment, and saw that there was no one else in the hall, so he leaned into Xiao Guifei's ear and said: "Niangniang, don't tell people that I said it, in fact, ...... Xiao Rui was born to His Royal Highness King Yan and Li Yaozhi, and he is really a seedling in a thousand acres! King Yan has no heirs, and he is unwilling to hand over his huge family business to the emperor's heirs, which is not ...... went to Beijing and begged the emperor and recognized Xiao Rui back! I was shocked that the general had hidden such a big thing from me! ”

Xiao Guifei's eyes froze: "Is this serious?" Is Xiao Rui really born to Li Yaozhi?! ”